I had the misfortune, a couple of weeks ago, to be given 3 ready made iced cakes from a popular and expensive
shop.

I didn't bother opening the boxes until the last minute because I presumed they would be perfect
cakes ready for sugar flower decoration and assembly. I opened the boxes 48 hours before the wedding and couldn't believe
my eyes.

The cakes were only 2 and a 1/2 inches deep. The design was for a stacked cake which meant the whole cake would
not stand more than 9" high. Not only were they very poorly iced, there was damage aswell.

When I looked squarely at the cakes, I could see there was at least a 1/2 difference from one side of the cake
to the other. There was no way this cake was going out with my name on it!!! The icing also had a "grey" look about it.

I phoned the bride to be and between us we decided to re-ice the cakes and use a seperator to give the cake some
height.

The cakes cost £130 for a 10"-8"-6" cakes.

When I reiced the cakes, I saw that the icing on the cakes was less than an eighth of an inch thick, so was the
marzipan.

With this in mind and so many brides trying to keep to a budget, I am now offering my own version of ready iced
fruit cakes.